National

National attention on civil rights peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. But the fight for equal protection and opportunity continues. Join a group of expert panelists as they weigh in on the future of civil rights in our community and nation.

Facilitator: Patrick Brown

Panelists:Kerin Stackpole, Employment and Labor Law Attorney at Paul Frank & CollinsStephanie Seguino, University of Vermont Professor of EconomicsReverend Arnold Thomas, Good Shepherd Lutheran ChurchDaimeyon Williams, Spectrum Youth and Family ServicesRyan Hargraves, University of Vermont Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Young professionals share their experiences, challenges, and opinions of best practices for education and career success for their age group. Panelists present ways to improve pathways for youth and young professionals of color and the challenges different industries face in recruitment, support, and retention.

Panelists:Crystol Dejohnette, Masters of Social Work at University of Vermont and Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program InternYusuf Abdi, University of Vermont Undergraduate StudentMohamed Jafar, Community Justice CenterSarah Childs, Assistant Director of University of Vermont Mosaic CenterTino Rutanhira, Product Manager at DealerDorcas Loheese, University of Vermont Undergraduate StudentMarylyn Segura, Spectrum Multicultural Youth Program AmeriCorps

This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect in our country. This year's keynote speaker is Mayor Steven Reed, the First African American mayor to be elected in Montgomery, Alabama. The event also features the local Congolese Choir, New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church Choir, and the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.

Xusana Davis, Vermont's first Director of Racial Equity presents "The Future of Social & Legal Policy in Majority People of Color Country" at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, VT on 1-14-20. Episode 3 of second year of series.

This program was downloaded from the Vermont Media Exchange and can be viewed on the website of the original public access station.

The month's show chronicles a truly remarkable story. According to the Acton Institute's blog:

"Extreme poverty – the number of people in the world living on $1.90 a day – fell from 15.7 percent in 2010 to 8.6 percent in 2018 (the most recent year for which we have data), according to the World Bank. Child mortality fell by nearly a third, from 51.3 deaths per 1,000 children to 38.6 in 2018. Life expectancy has risen by nearly two years in the last eight."

The PovertyCure Network consists of over 400 organizations in over 150 countries and is a big part of the progress noted above.

This month's show is a follow up to the last show on "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority." The title is taken from Alexis de Tocqueville's famous examination of American Democracy. He saw the future threat to modern democracy coming more from subtle "soft despotism" than from an obvious tyranny. In his opinion, Europe had already caught this disease and he sought the cure in American Democracy. If we had paid more attention to his warning, we would not be so surprised by our current "crisis."